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Vincent Van Gogh Quotes

The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too Picture Quote #1

How right it is to love flowers and the greenery of pines and ivy and hawthorn hedges; they have been with us from the very beginning Picture Quote #1

So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world Picture Quote #1

The emotions are sometimes so strong that I work without knowing it. The strokes come like speech Picture Quote #1

As practice makes perfect, I cannot but make progress; each drawing one makes, each study one paints, is a step forward Picture Quote #1

I feel the need of relations and friendship, of affection, of friendly intercourse... I cannot miss these things without feeling, as does any other intelligent man, a void and a deep need Picture Quote #1

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It seems to me it’s a painter’s duty to try to put an idea into his work Picture Quote #1

There is the same difference in a person before and after he is in love, as there is in an unlighted lamp and one that is burning Picture Quote #1

One of the hardest things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it Picture Quote #1

I know for sure that I have an instinct for color, and that it will come to me more and more, that painting is in the very marrow of my bones Picture Quote #1

Painting is like having a bad mistress who spends and spends and it’s never enough... I tell myself that even if a tolerable study comes out of it from time to time, it would have been cheaper to buy it from somebody else Picture Quote #1

Art is something greater and higher than our own skill or knowledge or learning. That art is something which, though produced by human hands, is not wrought by hands alone, but wells up from a deeper source, from a man’s soul Picture Quote #1

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What lives in art and is eternally living, is first of all the painter and then the painting Picture Quote #1

You can’t be at the pole and the equator at the same time. You must choose your own line, as I hope to do, and it will probably be color Picture Quote #1

Here everything is so wholly what I consider beautiful. In other words, there is peace here Picture Quote #1

My opinion is that the best thing would be to work on till art lovers feel drawn toward it of their own accord, instead of having to praise or to explain it Picture Quote #1

Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me Picture Quote #1

Whoever lives sincerely and encounters much trouble and disappointment without being bowed down is worth more than one who has always sailed before the wind and has only known prosperity Picture Quote #1

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It is difficult to know oneself, but it isn’t easy to paint oneself either Picture Quote #1

I have a firm faith in art, a firm confidence in its being a powerful stream which carries a man to a harbor, though he himself must do his bit too Picture Quote #1

There are colors which cause each other to shine brilliantly, which form a couple which complete each other like man and woman Picture Quote #1

Man is not on the earth solely for his own happiness. He is there to realize great things for humanity Picture Quote #1

For the great doesn’t happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I long so much to do landscape, just as one would go for a long walk to refresh oneself, and in all of nature, in trees for instance, I see expression and a soul Picture Quote #1

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Just slap something on it when you see a blank canvas staring at you with a sort of imbecility Picture Quote #1

I have walked the earth for thirty years and, out of gratitude, want to leave some souvenir Picture Quote #1

Great things do not just happen by impulse, but as a succession of small things linked together Picture Quote #1

Drawing is the root of everything, and the time spent on that is actually all profit Picture Quote #1

Christ is more of an artist than the artists; he works in the living spirit and the living flesh, he makes men instead of statues Picture Quote #1

So let us go forward quietly, each on his own path, forever making for the light Picture Quote #1

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The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) How right it is to love flowers and the greenery of pines and ivy and hawthorn hedges; they have been with us from the very beginning (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) The emotions are sometimes so strong that I work without knowing it. The strokes come like speech (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) As practice makes perfect, I cannot but make progress; each drawing one makes, each study one paints, is a step forward (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) I feel the need of relations and friendship, of affection, of friendly intercourse... I cannot miss these things without feeling, as does any other intelligent man, a void and a deep need (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) It seems to me it’s a painter’s duty to try to put an idea into his work (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) There is the same difference in a person before and after he is in love, as there is in an unlighted lamp and one that is burning (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) One of the hardest things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) I know for sure that I have an instinct for color, and that it will come to me more and more, that painting is in the very marrow of my bones (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) Painting is like having a bad mistress who spends and spends and it’s never enough... I tell myself that even if a tolerable study comes out of it from time to time, it would have been cheaper to buy it from somebody else (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) Art is something greater and higher than our own skill or knowledge or learning. That art is something which, though produced by human hands, is not wrought by hands alone, but wells up from a deeper source, from a man’s soul (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) What lives in art and is eternally living, is first of all the painter and then the painting (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) You can’t be at the pole and the equator at the same time. You must choose your own line, as I hope to do, and it will probably be color (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) Here everything is so wholly what I consider beautiful. In other words, there is peace here (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) My opinion is that the best thing would be to work on till art lovers feel drawn toward it of their own accord, instead of having to praise or to explain it (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) Whoever lives sincerely and encounters much trouble and disappointment without being bowed down is worth more than one who has always sailed before the wind and has only known prosperity (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) It is difficult to know oneself, but it isn’t easy to paint oneself either (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) I have a firm faith in art, a firm confidence in its being a powerful stream which carries a man to a harbor, though he himself must do his bit too (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) There are colors which cause each other to shine brilliantly, which form a couple which complete each other like man and woman (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) Man is not on the earth solely for his own happiness. He is there to realize great things for humanity (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) For the great doesn’t happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) Sometimes I long so much to do landscape, just as one would go for a long walk to refresh oneself, and in all of nature, in trees for instance, I see expression and a soul (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) Just slap something on it when you see a blank canvas staring at you with a sort of imbecility (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) I have walked the earth for thirty years and, out of gratitude, want to leave some souvenir (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) Great things do not just happen by impulse, but as a succession of small things linked together (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) Drawing is the root of everything, and the time spent on that is actually all profit (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) Christ is more of an artist than the artists; he works in the living spirit and the living flesh, he makes men instead of statues (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes) So let us go forward quietly, each on his own path, forever making for the light (Vincent Van Gogh Quotes)

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